Grade descriptions
A - Excellent knowledge and understanding of media language. Discussion of how key scenes make their meanings is perceptive, insightful, and critically informed by a detailed knowledge and understanding of structuralist theory.
B - Good knowledge and understanding of media language. Discussion of how key scenes make their meanings is logical, coherent, and informed by a secure knowledge and understanding of structuralist theory.
C - Satisfactory knowledge and understanding of media language. Discussion of how key scenes make their meanings is reasonable and straightforward, demonstrating a generally sound knowledge and understanding of structuralist theory.
D - Basic knowledge and understanding of media language. Discussion of how key scenes convey make meanings is undeveloped, demonstrating a partial knowledge and understanding of structuralist theory. There may be a tendency to simply describe.
E - Minimal, if any, knowledge and understanding of media language. Discussion of how key scenes make their meanings is likely to be superficial and generalised, demonstrating little or no knowledge and understanding of structuralist theory.
The above is a simplified version of the mark scheme, altered for a short answer question.
Feedback
i - Media language - you are not using enough key media language! Make sure to revise the textual analysis toolkit. Remember, without media language, you are giving a common sense response!
ii - Knowledge and understanding - you are not familiar enough with the set texts... or you are simply not getting this knowledge across in the response. Re-read/watch the media products we have studied in class!